Romans Series Lesson #71

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1 Romans Series Lesson #71 August 23, 2012 Dean Bible Ministries Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.

2 The Epistle to the ROMANS Are You Trying to Resuscitate Your Old Man? Romans 6:5 7

3 Rom. 6:1, What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? Rom. 6:2, Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Rom. 6:3, Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Rom. 6:4, Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

4 SUMMARY OF SIN IN ROMANS 6

5 1. The noun, hamartia, sin is used 25 in Romans 6 8. The verb, used 1 in Romans 6:15. The noun always refers to the sin nature, whereas the verb refers to sinful actions.

6 2. As Paul depicts the spiritual struggle of the believer with the sin nature, this disposition to sin, he dramatizes it by personifying the sin nature. Cf., 6:19 in human terms

7 3. The sin nature is spoken of as sin and the body of sin and is viewed as either a master or potential master while the individual is viewed as a slave or potential slave.

8 4. For the unbeliever, the non-christian, they are born with only one nature, one disposition, that is, to sin. As such we are all born in bondage to the sin nature.

9 5. However, the old man is said to be crucified. So, What!! is the old man? a. The sin nature? OR b. The person we were before we were saved?

10 f. If the sin nature is dead, then we have a problem with Rom. 7:14 25, which depicts the believer s struggle with sin.

11 Col. 2:11 12, In Him you were also [spiritually] circumcised..., by putting off [ekduo] the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, [by being] buried with Him in baptism,.. Col. 2:20, Therefore, if you died [and you did] with Christ Col. 3:1, If then you were raised with Christ [and you were] Col. 3:3, For you died [apothnesko], and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Col. 3:5, Therefore put to death [nekroo] your members which are on the earth: Col. 3:8, But now you yourselves are to put off [apotithemi] all these Col. 3:10 11, [because you] have put on [enduo] the new man... where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

12 Col. 3:9, Do not lie to one another, since you have put off [aor ptcp, precedes do not lie ] the old man with his deeds, Col. 3:10, and have put on the new man who is renewed [pres ptcp] in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, Col. 3:12, Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

13 Eph. 4:20, But you have not so learned Christ, Eph. 4:21, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [what follows in vv is the truth or doctrine related to those in Jesus i.e., believers.] Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

14 Eph. 4:20, But you have not so learned Christ, Eph. 4:21, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [what follows in vv is the truth or doctrine related to those in Jesus i.e., believers.] Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

15 Eph. 4:21, if indeed you... have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off,...the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

16 Eph. 4:21, if indeed you... have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off,...the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. aópoti qhmi apotitheœmi aor mid infin to put off, away aónaneo/w ananeoo pres pass infin to renew eṅdu/w enduoœ aor mid infin to wear, put on

17 Eph. 4:21, if indeed you... have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [introduces a prior statement in indirect discourse] Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off,...the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. aópoti qhmi apotitheœmi aor mid infin to put off, away eṅdu/w enduoœ aor mid infin to wear, put on

18 Ex.1 I told him... to go to the store. Indirect discourse I told him, Go to the store! Direct discourse command He claimed to have gone to the store. i.d. Claim, I went to the store. d.d. Point: In indirect discourse the tense of the main verb in direct discourse is retained.

19 Ex. 2 I taught you that you put off the old man. (ind discourse) Grammatically there are TWO OPTIONS I taught you, You put off the old man. Reality in the past. I taught you, Put off the old man.

20 An error crept into Greek Grammar about 100 years ago: No instance of an Aorist Infinitive representing an Aorist Indicative is found in the New Testament. So all such aorist infinitives were taken as aorist imperatives therefore this is an imperative in Eph. 4:22. Problem: This contradicts both Col. 3 and Rom. 6 terminology. Solution: The mood (imperative or indicative) derives from the mood of the controlling verb. In almost similar uses, the verb is an exhortation or imperative, thus the infinitive would be understood as an imperative. Ernest DeWitt Burton

21 Eph. 4:21, if indeed you... have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [introduces a prior statement in indirect discourse] Eph. 4:22, that you [have already] put off,...the old man which grows [is] corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. 4:23, and [are to] be renewed [present infinitive] in the spirit of your mind, Eph. 4:24, and that you [have] put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

22 g. In Gal. 2:20 Paul declares that he was crucified with Christ, not that his sin nature was. Gal. 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

23 6. The nature of death. Death is fundamentally a separation. We are separated from who we were before we were saved, have a new identity in Christ. Thus we are completely separated from the person we were prior to salvation. The old man is dead, we have put on the new man.

24 2 Cor. 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Gal. 6:15, For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

25 7. The purpose for this DEATH.

26 1. To do away potentially with the body of sin, Rom. 6:6.

27 2. That we should no longer be slaves to sin, Rom. 6:6.

28 3. Rom. 6:4, that we might walk in newness of life.

29 4. That we might be freed from sin, Rom. 6:7.

30 8. Christian responsibilities a. Think, consider, reckon yourself to be dead to sin, Rom. 6:11 b. Think and realize you are alive to God in Christ Jesus, Rom. 6:11 c. Do not let sin reign in your mortal body.

31 Rom. 6:, For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom. 6:6, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom. 6:7, For he who has died has been freed [declared righteous] from sin. Rom. 6:8, Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, (resurrection identity truth) Rom. 6:9, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Rom. 6:10, For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

32 Rom. 6:, For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom. 6:6, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom. 6:7, For he who has died has been freed [declared righteous] from sin. Rom. 6:8, Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, (resurrection identity truth) Rom. 6:9, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Rom. 6:10, For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

33 Rom. 6:, For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom. 6:6, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom. 6:7, For he who has died has been freed [declared righteous] from sin. Rom. 6:8, Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, (resurrection identity truth) Rom. 6:9, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Rom. 6:10, For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

34 Rom. 6:, For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom. 6:6, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom. 6:7, For he who has died has been freed [declared righteous] from sin. Rom. 6:8, Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, (resurrection identity truth) Rom. 6:9, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Rom. 6:10, For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

35 Rom. 6:11, Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.